Giant Carnival Guy

There's a 145ft tall giant man taking a nap just to the North of Milwaukee Mile NASCAR track. I wonder if any of the carnival-goers have noticed? Thanks: Mike Pegg

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Tuesday, 21st November 2006

Landlocked

This aircraft carrier in China is going to have a hard time achieving much while locked in a small lake some 30 miles from the sea. That's because it's a ¾ scale model of the U.S. Nimitz Class Aircraft carrier,…

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Monday, 20th November 2006

Time Travelling Dinosaurs

It's time travelling time at GSS, and today we're travelling back to the Jurassic, Late Jurassic and the Pleistocene periods, all at the same time! Yes you heard me right, as here in the Plänterwald leisure area, Berlin, we can…

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Friday, 17th November 2006

Moray (Inca Ruins)

Nearby to the previously posted Machu Picchu, Peru, is a very unusual archaeological site - the strangely beautiful Inca ruins of Moray. The concentric rings clearly visible were farming terraces with a sophisticated irrigation system, constructed inside enormous natural depressions…

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Thursday, 16th November 2006

The Real First & Largest Logo Visible From Space

First it got Dugg, and then it got Slashdotted - but the fact remains that the enormous KFC logo recently constructed in Nevada is not the first logo (or brand) visible from space. In fact, it's debatable whether or not…

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Wednesday, 15th November 2006

Helicopter Downwash

Check out this incredible image of a helicopter skimming the surface of the pacific, several miles off the coast of Baja California Norte, Mexico. How cool is the disturbance in the water from the helicopter's downwash!

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Tuesday, 14th November 2006

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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